Quiz #2 For People Like Us Who Know Everything

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  1. Jan 22, 2011 #1
    Murrell

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    No peaking now, of course since we know everything who would need too !!

    There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.
    Can you name at least half of them ?

    Ok, since that was so easy here's a simpler one.

    Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed,cooked, or in any other form except fresh.


    Murrell
     
    Murrell, Jan 22, 2011
    Murrell, Jan 22, 2011
  3. Jan 22, 2011 #2
    Iddee

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    Comma, colon, semi-colon, period, exclamation mark, question mark, quotes.... That's half

    Lettuce
     
    Iddee, Jan 22, 2011
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  5. Jan 22, 2011 #3
    Iddee

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    Now, if I give you 50 coins, and they total 1.00, what coins did I give you?
     
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  6. Jan 22, 2011 #4
    Murrell

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    Let's see;
    2 dimes, 8 nickles, and 40 pennies
    That's remembering from long, long ago from making change the old way.
    I get aggravated when they can't count out my change correctly now a days.

    Murrell
     
    Murrell, Jan 22, 2011
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  7. Jan 22, 2011 #5
    Iddee

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    Very good.

    Now, there's another way, too. Can you find it?
     
    Iddee, Jan 22, 2011
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  8. Jan 22, 2011 #6
    riverrat

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    My redneck grammar has no punctuation, not even periods. Right, Iddee? :Dancing:
     
    riverrat, Jan 22, 2011
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  9. Jan 22, 2011 #7
    Iddee

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    It looks good to me. What's wrong with it? :evil: :rolling:
     
    Iddee, Jan 22, 2011
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  10. Jan 22, 2011 #8
    riverrat

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    now you done it ruined my repuitation on that one
     
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  11. Jan 22, 2011 #9
    Iddee

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    Heck, I even put capital letters in for you on that one...
     
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  12. Jan 22, 2011 #10
    riverrat

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    if you dont use punctuation you eliminate the need for capitals :to_keep_order:
     
    riverrat, Jan 22, 2011
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  13. Jan 22, 2011 #11
    Iddee

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    You eliminate the meaning, too. :p
     
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  14. Jan 22, 2011 #12
    Bens-Bees

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    Ok no peaking... comma, period, colon, semi-colon, question mark, exclamation mark... oh dear. I can only name 6.
     
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  15. Jan 23, 2011 #13
    Bens-Bees

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    50 Pesos?
     
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  16. Jan 23, 2011 #14
    Hobie

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    iddee leaves me with the hard ones.
    Okay, here we go... parentheses, bracket, hyphen, dash, ellipsis...
    Dang it. Now I'm going to have to go look this up!

    Not sure if things like slash, octothorpe (I love that word), "number" sign, and ampersand are considered "punctuation."

    Edited after cheating: I can't believe I missed "apostrophe"!!!
     
    Hobie, Jan 23, 2011
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  17. Jan 24, 2011 #15
    Bitty Bee

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    Did we get 'em all yet?
    Idee said:
    1. Comma
    2. Colon
    3. Semi-colon
    4. Period
    5. Exclamation mark
    6. Quotation marks

    Hobie said:
    7. Parenthesis
    8. Bracket
    9. Hyphen
    10. Dash
    11. Ellipsis
    12. Apostrophe

    the last two are....
    13. Question marks
    14. Braces
     
    Bitty Bee, Jan 24, 2011
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  18. Jan 24, 2011 #16
    riverrat

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    redneck information overload :bow:
     
    riverrat, Jan 24, 2011
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  19. Jan 25, 2011 #17
    Hobie

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    WBB - you have to give iddee credit for "question mark." I know he's familiar with them.... I send plenty his way.

    As for "braces," they just bring back bad memories of my Jr. high years. *shudder*
     
    Hobie, Jan 25, 2011
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  20. Jan 25, 2011 #18
    Bitty Bee

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    I agree, the question mark was a given. It hadn't been named tho' only used.

    If it wasn't for you mentioning the "Ellipsis" I would've never figured it out...in fact...I have been using them incorrectly...!

    I never had to wear braces, only learn what they are and make pudding for my friends who did wear them. :D
     
    Bitty Bee, Jan 25, 2011
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  21. Jan 26, 2011 #19
    riverrat

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    okay the rat has to fess up. I had to google elipsis since this word is not included in the redneck book of grammer found out we's call it dot dot dot or simply put ...
     
    riverrat, Jan 26, 2011
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  22. Jan 27, 2011 #20
    Hobie

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    My sister is an editor. We learn odd things from her. For instance, the phrase "begs the question" does NOT mean "raises the question" - but everyone uses it incorrectly.
     
    Hobie, Jan 27, 2011
    Hobie, Jan 27, 2011